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US president-elect Donald Trump has said he will rename Denali, Alaska natives’ name for North America’s tallest mountain, after William McKinley, the 25th US president who was assassinated in 1901.

Democratic former president Barack Obama in 2015 officially renamed the mountain as Denali, siding with the state of Alaska and ending a decades-long naming battle. The peak had been officially called Mount McKinley since 1917.

“They took his name off Mount McKinley,” Trump said in a speech to supporters in Phoenix on Sunday. “He was a great president,” Trump, a Republican, said, adding that his administration will “bring back the name of Mount McKinley because I think he deserves it.”

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[-] ClanOfTheOcho@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

Fun fact: someone correct me if I'm wrong (it's the Internet, I really don't need to ask), but as I understand it, Frank Baum's "The Wizard of Oz" was some sort of allegory/statement in support of the silver standard. Dorothy's ruby slippers were only that color for the benefit of film, and in the book, they are silver, symbolizing silver as the way to fix all the problems. I don't remember what the other things symbolized. But since "Wicked" is popular at the moment, I thought I'd share.

[-] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

I love the idea. I’m not sure how much of it was intended by Frank Baum, but it’s cool how well it lines up.

Here’s a write-up about it.

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